Verse 3

His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Hans eiendeler bestod av 7000 sauer, 3000 kameler, 500 par okser og 500 eselhopper, og han hadde også mange tjenere. Denne mannen var den største blant alle folkene i øst.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Hans eiendom bestod av syv tusen sauer, tre tusen kameler, fem hundre par okser, og fem hundre eselhopper, og han hadde en meget stor husholdning. Så denne mannen var den største blant alle i Østen.

  • Norsk King James

    Hans eiendom bestod av syv tusen sauer, tre tusen kameler, fem hundre par okser, fem hundre esler, og et svært stort husfolk; slik at denne mannen var den største av alle mennene i øst.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Hans eiendom besto av sju tusen sauer, tre tusen kameler, fem hundre par okser, fem hundre eselhopper og svært mange tjenere. Han var den mektigste av alle i øst.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Hans eiendeler bestod av syv tusen sauer, tre tusen kameler, fem hundre par okser og fem hundre eselhopper, og han hadde meget mange tjenere. Denne mannen var den mektigste av alle i øst.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Hans eiendom besto av sju tusen sauer, tre tusen kameler, fem hundre par okser og fem hundre eselhopper, og han hadde en svært stor husholdning. Denne mannen var den største blant alle folk i øst.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Hans eiendom bestod av syv tusen sauer, tre tusen kameler, fem hundre yoker med okser, og fem hundre esler, samt en meget tallrik husholdning; derfor var denne mannen den største blant alle mennene i østen.

  • En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

    Hans eiendom besto av sju tusen sauer, tre tusen kameler, fem hundre par okser og fem hundre eselhopper, og han hadde en svært stor husholdning. Denne mannen var den største blant alle folk i øst.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Hans eiendom besto av syv tusen sauer, tre tusen kameler, fem hundre par okser og fem hundre esler, og han hadde en stor mengde tjenere. Denne mannen var den største blant alle Østens folk.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    His wealth consisted of seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household. He was the greatest man among all the people of the east.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Hans eiendom bestod av sju tusen sauer, tre tusen kameler, fem hundre par okser og fem hundre eselhopper. Han hadde også mange tjenere. Job var den største av alle mennene i Østen.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Og hans Fæ var syv tusinde Faar og tre tusinde Kameler og fem hundrede Par Øxne og fem hundrede Aseninder, og saare meget Tyende, og den samme Mand var mægtigere end alle de Folk mod Østen.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Hans eiendom bestod av syv tusen sauer, tre tusen kameler, fem hundre par okser, og fem hundre eselhopper, samt et meget stort hushold; slik at han var den mektigste av alle menn i øst.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Hans eiendom bestod også av sju tusen sauer, tre tusen kameler, fem hundre par okser og fem hundre eselhopper, og en veldig stor husholdning; så denne mannen var den største av alle i øst.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Han eide sju tusen sauer, tre tusen kameler, fem hundre par okser og fem hundre eselhopper, og hadde svært mange tjenere. Mannen var den største blant alle folkene i øst.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Hans eiendom besto av sju tusen sauer, tre tusen kameler, fem hundre oksepar og fem hundre eselhopper, og svært mange tjenere; så denne mannen var den største av alle i øst.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Han hadde sju tusen sauer og geiter, tre tusen kameler, tusen okser, fem hundre eselhopper, og et veldig stort antall tjenere. Job var den største blant alle folkene i øst.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    His substaunce was vij. M. shepe, iij.M. camels, v.C. yock of oxen, v.C. she asses, and a very greate housholde: so yt he was one of the most principall men amoge all them of the east countre.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    His substance also was seuen thousande sheepe, and three thousand camels, and fiue hundreth yoke of oxen, and fiue hundreth shee asses, and his family was very great, so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    His substaunce also was seuen thousand sheepe, and three thousand camels, fiue hundred yoke of oxen, and fiue hundred shee asses, and a very great householde: so that he was one of the most principall men among all them of the east countrey.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a service very abundant; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    His possessions included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household. Thus he was the greatest of all the people in the east.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 29:25 : 25 I chose their path and sat as their chief, and lived as a king among his troops, as one who comforts the mourners.
  • Job 42:12 : 12 Now the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning, for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
  • Gen 12:16 : 16 And he treated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
  • Judg 6:3 : 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
  • Judg 6:5 : 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as locusts in multitude; for both they and their camels were without number, and they entered into the land to destroy it.
  • Judg 7:12 : 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay in the valley as numerous as locusts, and their camels were without number, as the sand by the seashore for multitude.
  • Judg 8:10 : 10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the armies of the children of the east: for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men who drew sword.
  • 1 Sam 25:2 : 2 And there was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very wealthy, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
  • 1 Kgs 4:30 : 30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the East, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
  • 2 Kgs 3:4 : 4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder and rendered to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and one hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
  • 2 Chr 26:10 : 10 He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many wells, for he had much livestock, both in the lowland and in the plains. He had farmers and vine dressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved the soil.
  • 2 Chr 32:29 : 29 Moreover, he provided cities for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very much substance.
  • Job 29:9-9 : 9 The princes refrained from speaking, and laid their hands on their mouths. 10 The nobles kept silence, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
  • Gen 13:6 : 6 And the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together: for their possessions were great, so that they could not dwell together.
  • Gen 25:6 : 6 But to the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts and sent them away from his son Isaac, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country.
  • Gen 29:1 : 1 Then Jacob continued his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
  • Gen 34:23 : 23 Will not their livestock and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.
  • Num 23:7 : 7 And he took up his parable and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.
  • Num 31:32-34 : 32 And the remaining booty, which was the rest of the prey taken by the men of war, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep, 33 Seventy-two thousand cattle, 34 Sixty-one thousand donkeys,
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.
  • Gen 12:5 : 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran; and they set out to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to the land of Canaan.